Grigory Sokolov Archive

Pianist Grigory Sokolov, began studying the piano at the age of five. At the age of seven he entered the Leningrad Conservatory to study with Leah Zelikhman, where he later studied with Moisey Khalfin. He …

Much has been written and discussed regarding Frederick Chopin’s Preludes for piano. Composer Franz Liszt’s opinion was that “Chopin’s Preludes are compositions of an order entirely apart… they are poetic preludes, analogous to those of …

Grigory Sokolov was born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg) on 18 April 1950. He started to play piano at the age of five and, two years later, began studies with Liya Zelikhman at the Central …

Johann Sebastian Bach’s partitas are much grander and more technically challenging than his English Suites and French Suites, with larger individual movements. The Partita No. 1 in B flat, published in 1726, is quite an …

There is nothing so laid-back about Beethoven’s E flat major Sonata. The use of repeated notes as a feature in three of the four movements gives the music a momentum of its own, as well …